This section provides reference details and - where available - links and abstracts for recent general publications associated with the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. References include journal articles, reports, theses, and other literature.
To access our complete database please use our bibliography.
2013
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2012 report: New South Wales.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2012 report: Queensland.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2012 report: South Australia.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2012 report: Victoria.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2012 report: Western Australia.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Cashmore J, Shackel R (2013)
The long-term effects of child sexual abuse.
Melbourne: Australian Institute of Family Studies
Closing the Gap Clearinghouse (2013)
Strategies and practices for promoting the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Canberra: Closing the Gap Clearinghouse
This paper provides information on programs developed to promote social and emotional wellbeing and prevent mental illness among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia. The paper identifies national initiatives, Indigenous specific programs, and non-Indigenous specific programs and reports on the efficacy of these programs in enhancing the mental health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. A summary of the findings is also provided highlighting the elements of effective and ineffective SEWB programs, and the areas that require further investigation.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Dingwall KM, Pinkerton J, Lindeman MA (2013)
"People like numbers": a descriptive study of cognitive assessment methods in clinical practice for Aboriginal Australians in the Northern Territory.
BMC Psychiatry; 13: 42
Retrieved 31 January 2013 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-13-42
Ferdinand A, Paradies Y, Kelaher M (2013)
Mental health impacts of racial discrimination in Victorian Aboriginal communities: the Localities Embracing and Accepting Diversity (LEAD) experiences of racism survey.
Melbourne: Lowitja Institute
Gillies C (2013)
Establishing the United Nations' Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as the minimum standard for all forensic practice with Australian Indigenous peoples.
Australian Psychologist; 48(1): 14-27
Haswell MR, Wheeler T, Wargent R, Brownlie A, Tulip F, Baird M, Gardiner L, Pulver LJ (2013)
Validation and enhancement of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander psychiatric hospitalisation statistics through an Indigenous Mental Health Worker register.
Rural and Remote Health; 12: 2002
Retrieved 4 February 2013 from http://www.rrh.org.au/articles/showarticlenew.asp?ArticleID=2002
Holland C, Dudgeon P, Milroy H (2013)
The mental health and social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, families and communities.
Canberra: National Mental Health Commission
This comprehensive paper provides great insight into the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It builds on the information contained in A contributing life: the 2012 national report on mental health and suicide prevention by exploring more broadly the story of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the multitude of factors that impact on the mental health and wellbeing of this population. The paper is presented in three parts, with Part 1 providing an overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' mental health and social and emotional wellbeing. Part 2 reports on the unmet need for social and emotional wellbeing and mental health services and programs, and Part 3 focuses on national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and mental health policy.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Isaacs AN, Maybery D, Gruis H (2013)
Help seeking by Aboriginal men who are mentally unwell: a pilot study.
Early Intervention in Psychiatry; Early View(http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eip.12015):
Katz I, Raven M, Griffiths A, Gorring B, Kinnane S (2013)
Development of a renewed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social and emotional wellbeing framework - discussion paper.
Sydney: Social Policy Research Centre
Kingsley J, Townsend M, Henderson-Wilson C, Bolam B (2013)
Developing an exploratory framework linking Australian Aboriginal peoples’ connection to country and concepts of wellbeing.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; 10(2): 678-698
MacRae A, Thomson N, Anomie, Burns J, Catto M, Gray C, Levitan L, McLoughlin N, Potter C, Ride K, Stumpers S, Trzesinski A, Urquhart B (2013)
Overview of Australian Indigenous health status, 2012.
Perth, WA: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Miller-Lewis LR, Searle AK, Sawyer MG, Baghurst PA, Hedley D (2013)
Resource factors for mental health resilience in early childhood: An analysis with multiple methodologies.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health; 7: 6
Retrieved 22 February 2013 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1753-2000-7-6
Nathan P (2013)
The intervention: mere arltyewele (settle down country) – bear the gap to close the gap.
International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies; 10(1): 6–36
Nguyen OK, Cairney S (2013)
Literature review of the interplay between education, employment, health and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote areas: working towards an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing framework.
Alice Springs, NT: Ninti One Limited
This literature review investigated present wellbeing frameworks at a global and local level that are relevant to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in remote Australia. Current government frameworks gather statistical data for policy analysis and program development. Progressively more frameworks are incorporating holistic measures of health, for example, cultural health, governance, and the impacts of colonisation.
The review highlights the need to establish a wellbeing framework that considers the strengths and resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people together with their worldviews, perspectives, and values. Cultural identity is vital combined with control, achievement, and inclusion at a wider level of society. Examples of successful projects are included in the review with recommendations for the development of a wellbeing framework.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Sambrano R, Cox L (2013)
‘I sang Amazing Grace for about 3 hours that day’: Understanding Indigenous Australians’ experience of seclusion.
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing; Early View(http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/inm.12015):
Skinner TC, Blick J, Coffin J, Dudgeon P, Forrest S, Morrison D (2013)
Comparative validation of self-report measures of negative attitudes towards Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders.
Rural and Remote Health; 13: 1959
Retrieved 9 April 2013 from http://www.rrh.org.au/articles/showarticlenew.asp?ArticleID=1959
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2013)
Report on government services 2013.
Melbourne: Productivity Commission
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2013)
Report on government services 2013: Indigenous compendium.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
This publication draws on the Report on government services 2013 to present data specific to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population. It reports on the delivery of mainstream services to Indigenous people including services for:
- childcare, education and training
- justice
- emergency management
- health
- community services
- housing and homelessness.
Performance reporting focuses on the degree to which the objective for a service is met. The report details the objective (outcomes) for each service stated and the performance indicators measuring the achievement of each objective.
Improvements in reporting by Indigenous status has allowed for detailed reporting for Indigenous children enrolled and attending preschool and elapsed times for aged care services to Indigenous people.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Stewart J, Allan J (2013)
Building relationships with Aboriginal people: a cultural mapping toolbox.
Australian Social Work; 66(1): 118-129
Taylor J (2013)
Overcoming the isolation experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers.
Partyline; 46(March 2013): 20-21
Think Insight and advice (2013)
Can we talk...about mental illness and suicide? A sampling of Australian community opinion.
Sydney: National Mental Health Commission
2012
Raupach MR, McMichael AJ, Finnigan JJ, Manderson L, Walker BH, eds. (2012)
Negotiating our future: living scenarios for Australia to 2050: volume 2.
Canberra: Australian Academy of Science
McCoy BF, Stewart P, Poroch N, eds. (2012)
Urban Health: strengthening our voice, culture and partnerships.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Bennett B, Green S, Gilbert S, Bessarab B, eds. (2012)
Our voices : Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander social work.
South Yarra, Vic: Palgrave Macmillan
Anderson M, Bilney J, Bycroft N, Cockatoo-Collins D, Creighton G, Else J, Faulkner C, French J, Liddle T, Miller A, Miller J, Quinnell L, Stewart B, Sutton P, Thomas C, Trindall C, Wilson J, Malin M, Moller J (2012)
Closing the gap: support for Indigenous loss.
Australian Nursing Journal; 19(10): 24-27
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2012)
Australian health survey: first results, 2011-12.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Council for Educational Research, Department of Families Housing Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (2012)
Starting school: a strengths-based approach towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
Camberwell, Vic: Australian Council for Educational Research
Australian Department of Health and Ageing (2012)
E-mental health strategy for Australia.
Canberra: Australian Department of Health and Ageing
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (2012)
Ten year roadmap for national mental health reform : Draft #4 [draft for consultation].
Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet (2012)
Summary of Australian Indigenous health, 2011.
Perth, WA: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)
Australia's health 2012.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)
Comorbidity of mental disorders and physical conditions 2007.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)
Experience of perinatal depression: data from the 2010 Australian National Infant Feeding Survey: information paper.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)
Social and emotional wellbeing: development of a children's headline indicator.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The Children's Headline Indicators are a set of measures established to focus policy in 19 priority areas related to children's health, development, and wellbeing. This paper describes the process involved in developing a Headline Indicator for the social and emotional wellbeing priority area. This developmental process entailed: defining the social and emotional wellbeing concept; reviewing the literature on social and emotional wellbeing and children's outcomes; identifying possible indicators; and consulting key experts and stakeholders. The outcome of this process saw strong support for the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) as an appropriate instrument for measuring social and emotional wellbeing in children, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Future work must now focus on identifying the most appropriate means of collecting data for the social and emotional wellbeing Headline Indicator due to the absence of a suitable national data source for reporting on this Indicator.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)
Younger people with disability in residential aged care: 2010-11.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The Younger people with disability in residential aged care: 2010-11 report examines the outcomes of the Younger people with disability in residential aged care (YPIRAC) 5-year program. The program aims to reduce the number of people with disability under the age of 65 living in residential aged care. The report presents information on the people who were provided with support under the YPIRAC initiative and the services they received during the period 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011. The report found that one in ten people that accessed the YPIRAC service were Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander who were more likely to be men, live in regional, remote or very remote areas, primarily report a disability of acquired brain injury and live in supported accommodation.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Baker J (2012)
Theorising survival: Indigenous women and social and emotional wellbeing.
Maleny, QLD: e-Content Management
This book uses a theoretical model to explore the position of Indigenous Australians in relation to health science research. It provides a contemporary understanding of Indigenous affairs, particularly in regards to counselling, community development, and policy. The book is comprised of eight chapters, covering the following topic areas:
- Not another native informant
- Reconstructing gender and 'race' relations after the frontier
- Consciousness, abjection and the colonised subject
- Pain as a catalyst for change, for working for change
- 'Changing the terms of the conversation' and moving from "a survival mentality to a living mentality"
- Borderlands: what is happening there?
- Land and spirit: old ways of being
- Conclusion: abjection denies a future of shared joys.
Abstract adapted from eContent Management
Bamblett M, Frederico M, Harrison J, Jackson A, Lewis P (2012)
'Not one size fits all': understanding the social & emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal children.
Melbourne: Berry Street Childhood Institute
Aboriginal children are commonly subjected to inappropriate social and emotional wellbeing assessments and measures that fail to consider their culture, beliefs, connection to family, community and place, spirituality, and their individual experiences. The study described in this report sought to address this shortcoming by exploring culturally appropriate assessment approaches that depict with greater accuracy and sensitivity, the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal children. A particular focus of this study was Aboriginal children who have experienced trauma through significant abuse and/or neglect. The study utilised an action research methodology and involved participation from Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal individuals and organisations. Nine key findings emerged from the study, and together with the recommendations, are discussed in detail in the final chapters of the report.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Biddle N, Swee H (2012)
The relationship between wellbeing and Indigenous land, language and culture in Australia.
Australian Geographer; 43(3): 215-232
Biddle N (2012)
Measures of Indigenous social capital and their relationship with well-being.
Australian Journal of Rural Health; 20(6): 298-304
Bulbrook KM, Carey TA, Lenthall S, Byers L, Behan KP (2012)
Treating mental health in remote communities: what do remote health practitioners need?.
Rural and Remote Health; 12: 2346
Retrieved 9 November 2012 from http://www.rrh.org.au/Articles/subviewnew.asp?ArticleID=2346
Bulman J (2012)
Mibbinbah, a safe space to find your voice.
Health Issues; (109): 24-26
Calma T (2012)
Tom Calma speaks on mental health in communities [interview].
: Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association
Goreng TG (2012)
Living in shadows, healing in the law: an Aboriginal experience of recovery using psychotherapy and Aboriginal spiritual practice.
Psychotherapy and Politics International; 10(3): 205–218
Green AC, Hunt C, Stain HJ (2012)
The delay between symptom onset and seeking professional treatment for anxiety and depressive disorders in a rural Australian sample.
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology; 47(9): 1475-1487
Griffin C, Hinton R, Nagel T (2012)
Yarning about Indigenous mental health: translation of a recovery paradigm to practice.
Advances in Mental Health; 10(3): 1
Guerin B, Guerin P (2012)
Re-thinking mental health for Indigenous Australian communities: communities as context for mental health.
Community Development Journal; 47(4): 555-570
Harms L, Clarke A, Anderson I, Whyte J, Middleton J, Sloan J (2012)
From colonisation to conciliation: an exploration of social work practice with Aboriginal populations.
Melbourne: The University of Melbourne
Harris JB, Hill B, Kiernan M (2012)
A model for increasing Indigenous participation in psychology degrees.
Australian Psychologist; 47(3):
Hay PJ, Carriage C (2012)
Eating disorder features in Indigenous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australian peoples.
BMC Public Health; 12: 233
Retrieved 23 March 2012 from http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2458-12-233.pdf
Hunter E, Milroy H, Brown N, Calma T (2012)
Human rights, health, and Indigenous Australians.
In: Dudley M, Silove D, Gale F, eds. Mental health and human rights : vision, praxis, and courage. Oxford: Oxford University Press: 448-464
Isaacs A, Maybery D (2012)
Improving mental health awareness of rural Aboriginal men: perspectives from Gippsland.
Australasian Psychiatry; 20(2): 108-111
Isaacs AN, Maybery D, Gruis H (2012)
Mental health services for Aboriginal men: mismatches and solutions.
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing; 21(5): 400–408
Jane S (2012)
Remote and urban connections - an account of caring for an Indigenous couple.
Australian Nursing Journal; 20(2): 33
Jorm AF, Bourchier SJ, Cvetkovski S, Stewart G (2012)
Mental health of Indigenous Australians: a review of findings from community surveys.
Medical Journal of Australia; 196(2): 118-121
Little K, Sanson A, Zubrick SR (2012)
Do individual differences in temperament matter for Indigenous children? The structure and function of temperament in Footprints in Time.
Family Matters; 2012(91): 92-105
Macklin J (2012)
Continuing our efforts to close the gap: Ministerial statements 2012-13.
Canberra: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
McConnochie K, Ranzijn R, Hodgson L, Nolan W, Samson R (2012)
Working in Indigenous contexts: self-reported experiences of non-Indigenous Australian psychologists.
Australian Psychologist; 47(4): 204–212
McKenna T, Woods DB (2012)
Using psychotherapeutic arts to decolonise counselling for Indigenous peoples.
Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy; 3(1): 29-40
McNeil N, Cavanagh J, Bartram T, Leggat SG (2012)
Identifying barriers to building organisational capacity: a study of an Indigenous men's shed.
Health Issues; (109): 17-20
Mental Health Council of Australia (2012)
Recognition and respect: mental health carers report 2012.
Deakin, ACT: Mental Health Council of Australia
This report provides insight into the lived experience of people who care for someone with a mental illness. It documents the findings of a survey that was distributed to mental health carers in 2011-2012 by the Mental Health Council of Australia. The survey findings have been categorised according to similarity and include: the need to recognise and respect the important contribution that carers make to the lives of people with mental illness; the carers' perspective on the services and support available to them; the carers' views of the services and support available to consumers; and the experiences of young carers, culturally and linguistically diverse carers, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers. Detailed information is provided for each of the major findings, with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carer section focusing on: cultural issues; services and support for Aboriginal carers; financial burdens; respite services; housing; stigma and discrimination; services and support for Aboriginal consumers; and workforce issues.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Molloy L (2012)
The mental health nurses experience of providing care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients in acute inpatient units.
Masters thesis, University of Sydney: Sydney
Nadew GT (2012)
Exposure to traumatic events, prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol abuse in Aboriginal communities.
Rural and Remote Health; 12: 1667
Retrieved 12 October 2012 from http://www.rrh.org.au/articles/showarticlenew.asp?ArticleID=1667
National Mental Health Commission (2012)
A contributing life: the 2012 national report card on mental health and suicide prevention.
Sydney: National Mental Health Commission
This report is the first national report card into mental health and suicide prevention in Australia. It is the product of an independent review of mental health, which involved extensive consultations with, and contributions from, people with a lived experience of mental health issues, their family and supporters, and those working in the field in varying capacities. The report card is divided into chapters, with each chapter focusing on a particular issue, such as the emotional and social wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The chapters include information, assessment, and commentary on how the nation is faring in relation to each issue, the progress made, and the improvements required. Incorporated into the report card are the personal stories of those affected by mental health difficulties to highlight the current circumstances of people living with mental health difficulties. The report card culminates in 10 recommendations which point to areas where real action is needed to ensure those with mental health difficulties live a contributing life.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
National Mental Health Commission (2012)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples overcoming cycles of disadvantage for a contributing life.
In: A contributing life: the 2012 national report card on mental health and suicide prevention. Sydney: National Mental Health Commission: 19-26
This section of the A contributing life report provides information on the mental health, and the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This section of the report includes data, the personal stories of two Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people affected by mental health difficulties, and the fictional story of a young boy that details his journey from early life to adulthood. It acknowledges the diversity that exists within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population while also providing insight into some of the mental health challenges encountered by Indigenous peoples, and the improvements needed to service delivery. This report section forms part of a larger document that is the first national report card into mental health and suicide prevention in Australia. The report card is the product of an independent review of mental health, which involved extensive consultations with, and contributions from, people with a lived experience of mental health issues, their family and supporters, and those working in the field in varying capacities. Included in the report card are sections dedicated to selected issues within the mental health field, as well as 10 recommendations which point to areas where real action is needed to ensure those with mental health difficulties live a contributing life.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
National Mental Health Commission (2012)
National report card on mental health and suicide prevention roundtable consultations 26-27 April 2012.
Sydney: National Mental Health Commission
New South Wales Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence (2012)
The health of Aboriginal people of NSW: report of the Chief Health Officer 2012.
Sydney: New South Wales Ministry of Health
Paradies YC, Cunningham J (2012)
The DRUID study: racism and self-assessed health status in an Indigenous population.
BMC Public Health; 12: 131
Retrieved 14 February 2012 from http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/12/131
Parker RM (2012)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health: paradise lost? [editorial].
Medical Journal of Australia; 196(2): 89-90
Prandl KJ, Rooney R, Bishop BJ (2012)
Mental health of Australian Aboriginal women during pregnancy: identifying the gaps.
Archives of Womens Mental Health; 15(3): 149-154
Priest N, MacKean T, Davis E, Briggs L, Waters E (2012)
Aboriginal perspectives of child health and wellbeing in an urban setting: developing a conceptual framework.
Health Sociology Review; 21(2): 180-195
Prout S (2012)
Indigenous wellbeing frameworks in Australia and the quest for quantification.
Social Indicators Research; 109(2): 317-336
Shaw GG (2012)
Vulnerability - an affliction of the powerless: a Nyoongar story.
Doctor of Philosophy thesis, Murdoch University: Perth
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2012)
Report on government services 2012.
Melbourne: Productivity Commission
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2012)
Report on government services 2012: Indigenous compendium.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
This report draws on the Report on government services 2012 to present data specific to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population. It reports on the delivery of mainstream services to Indigenous people including services for:
- early childhood, education and training
- justice
- emergency management
- health
- community services
- housing and homelessness.
Performance reporting focuses on the degree to which objective for a service is met. The report details the objective (outcomes) for each services stated and the performance indicators measuring the achievement of each objective.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Sutton K, Maybery D, Moore T (2012)
Bringing them home: a Gippsland mental health workforce recruitment strategy.
Australian Health Review; 36(1): 79-82
Taylor AW, Marin T, Avery J, Grande D (2012)
South Australian Aboriginal health survey.
Adelaide: South Australian Population Research and Outcome Studies
This report provides information on chronic diseases among Indigenous people in South Australia, including the social determinants of health and some risk and protective factors. It includes information on:
- kidney disease
- hearing problems
- mental health
- asthma
- high blood pressure.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
The Lancet (2012)
Mental health and disadvantage in Indigenous Australians [editorial].
The Lancet; 380(9858): 1968
Thomson N, MacRae A, Brankovich J, Burns J, Catto M, Gray C, Levitan L, Maling C, Potter C, Ride K, Stumpers S, Urquhart B (2012)
Overview of Australian Indigenous health status, 2011.
Perth, WA: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Trauer T, Nagel T (2012)
Outcome measurement in adult Indigenous mental health consumers.
Advances in Mental Health; 11(1): 106-116
VicHealth (2012)
Mental health impacts of racial discrimination in Victorian Aboriginal communities: experiences of racism survey: a summary.
Melbourne: VicHealth
2011
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation (2011)
Our healing: our solutions: volume 2.
Kingston, ACT: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation
Allain G (2011)
An art-based healing process: the Aurukun creative livelihoods project at the Wik and Kugu Arts and Craft Centre.
Australasian Psychiatry; 19(Supplement 1): S42-S44
Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council (2011)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework: 2010 report.
Canberra: Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Department of Health and Ageing
This is the third report developed under the auspice of the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council to measure progress against the National strategic framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health as well as the more recent measures introduced under Closing the gap national partnerships.
The performance framework reports on the three tiers of health:
- health status and outcomes: this includes measures of prevalence of disease or injury, human function, life expectancy and wellbeing
- measures of the health determinants: this includes socioeconomic status, environmental factors and health behaviours
- health system performance: this includes effectiveness, responsiveness, accessibility and sustainability.
Major findings of the report include:
- a significant decline in Indigenous deaths due to avoidable causes
- narrowing of the mortality gap
- reduction in infant mortality
- chronic diseases are a continuing concern, contributing to two thirds of the health gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
- there were slight reductions in literacy and numeracy gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students
- risky behaviours, such as smoking and lack of physical activity, were continuing concerns among Indigenous people
- access to, and utilisation of medical services is less than expected given higher levels of illness
- access to medical services is more difficult in remote than non-remote areas.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2010: detailed analyses.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services report 2009–10: OATSIH Services Reporting - key results.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This publication reports on the major findings from the Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (OATSIH) services reporting data collection, for the 2009-10 period. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) collects data from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care services, stand-alone substance use services, and Bringing Them Home and Link Up counselling services that have received funding from OATSIH. The publication provides information on the activity of these services including their operations, programs involved in, the number of clients seen, episodes of care and client contacts. This data assists in the development and implementation of Indigenous health policies and initiatives.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Diabetes and poor mental health and wellbeing: an exploratory analysis.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Headline indicators for children’s health, development and wellbeing 2011.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
The health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: an overview 2011.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This overview is a summary of Indigenous health and welfare at the national level. Topics covered include:
- demographic characteristics
- determinants of health and welfare: socioeconomic factors, housing, community capacity, behavioural factors, and social and emotional wellbeing
- health and functioning: disability, community functioning, and health conditions
- mortality and life expectancy of mothers and babies, children, young people and older people
- health care and support services, including health and welfare expenditure.
The report compares Indigenous statistics to the non-Indigenous statistics on the same health and welfare issues and provides time series data where available. It relates the picture of Indigenous health and welfare to the goals set by the Council of Australian Governments and the raft of measures under Closing the gap agreement aimed at reducing the health gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. For the first time, the report looks at the impact of chronic diseases on the life expectancy gap, currently estimated to be 12 years for men and 10 years for women. It shows that about 80% of the mortality gap can be attributed to chronic diseases, most significantly heart diseases (22%), diabetes (12%) and liver diseases (11%).
The report is accompanied by nine online papers on specific topics, available from the Indigenous observatory: Indigenous life expectancy and mortality, child safety, eye health, disability, access to health services, chronic disease and older people.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Bainbridge R, McCalman J, Tsey K, Brown C (2011)
Inside-out approaches to promoting Australian Aboriginal wellbeing: evidence from a decade of community-based participatory research.
The International Journal of Health, Wellness and Society; 1(2): 13-28
Bainbridge R (2011)
Becoming empowered: a grounded theory study of Aboriginal women's agency.
Australasian Psychiatry; 19(Supplement 1): S26-S29
Bath J, Biddle N (2011)
Measures of wellbeing for Indigenous children: lecture 12.
Paper presented at the Measures of Indigenous wellbeing and their determinants across the lifecourse, CAEPR Lecture series. 19 May 2011, Canberra
Biddle N, Swee H (2011)
Sustainability - land, language and culture: lecture 10.
Paper presented at the Measures of Indigenous wellbeing and their determinants across the lifecourse, CAEPR Lecture series. 5 May 2011, Canberra
Biddle N (2011)
Housing and households: lecture 8.
Paper presented at the Measures of Indigenous wellbeing and their determinants across the lifecourse, CAEPR Lecture series. 29 April 2011, Canberra
Biddle N (2011)
Summary and conclusions: lecture 13.
Paper presented at the Measures of Indigenous wellbeing and their determinants across the lifecourse, CAEPR Lecture series. 9 June 2011, Canberra
Brown C (2011)
You get help and you give help: my role as an Aboriginal family wellbeing facilitator.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 35(1): 24-28
Bulman J, Hayes R (2011)
Mibbinbah and spirit healing: fostering safe, friendly spaces for Indigenous males in Australia.
International Journal of Men's Health; 10(1): 6-25
Calma T, Priday E (2011)
Putting Indigenous human rights into social work practice.
Australian Social Work; 64(2): 147-155
Cameron S (2011)
The experiences of Indigenous Australian psychologists and higher education.
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) Honours thesis, Edith Cowan University: Perth
Cappo D, McGorry P, Hickie I, Rosenberg S, Moran J, Hamilton M (2011)
Including, connecting, contributing: a blueprint to transform mental health and social participation in Australia.
Sydney: Brain and Mind Research Institute
Child and Adolescent Community Health (2011)
Health and wellbeing profile of young Western Australians.
Perth: Department of Health, Western Australia
Crawford F (2011)
Local regeneration in social work with Indigenous peoples: the Kimberley across 40 years.
Australian Social Work; 64(2): 198-214
De Donatis C (2011)
"They have a story inside." Madness and healing on Elcho Island, north-east Arnhem Land.
Doctor of Philosophy thesis, Charles Darwin University: Darwin
Dobia B, O’Rourke VG (2011)
Promoting the mental health and wellbeing of Indigenous children in Australian primary schools.
Canberra: KidsMatter Australian Primary Schools Mental Health Initiative
Dockery AM (2011)
Traditional culture and the well-being of Indigenous Australians: an analysis of the 2008 NATSISS.
Perth: Centre for Labour Market Research, Curtin University of Technology
Doyle K (2011)
Modes of colonisation and patterns of contemporary mental health: towards an understanding of Canadian Aboriginal, Australian Aboriginal and Maori peoples.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 35(1): 20-23
Dudgeon P (2011)
What does inadequate Indigenous mental health care cost the community?.
Retrieved July 2011 from http://www.eoc.wa.gov.au/Libraries/pdfs/NAIDOC_-_2011_Professor_Pat_Dudgeon_Presentation.sflb.ashx
Fels MH (2011)
'I succeeded once': the Aboriginal protectorate on the Mornington Peninsula, 1839–1840.
: Australian National University E Press
Garvey DC (2011)
Closing gaps, maintaining cadence and removing trampolines: a personal reflection on 20 years in health [Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition runner-up].
Medical Journal of Australia; 194(10): 543-545
Gooda M (2011)
Creating Futures 2010: harnessing creativity and social enterprise for social and emotional wellbeing: human rights considerations.
Australasian Psychiatry; 19(Supplement 1): S4-S7
Gooda M (2011)
Strengthening our relationships over lands, territories and resources: the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [2011 Mabo lecture].
Retrieved from http://www.humanrights.gov.au/about/media/speeches/social_justice/2011/20111024_mabo_lecture.html
Gooder H (2011)
The sorry people : non-indigenous Australians and emotional geographies of co-presence.
Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Melbourne: Melbourne
Gorringe S, Ross J, Fforde C (2011)
Will the real Aborigine please stand up? Strategies for breaking the stereotypes and changing the conversation.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Guerin P, Guerin B, Tedmanson D, Clark Y (2011)
How can country, spirituality, music and arts contribute to Indigenous mental health and wellbeing?.
Australasian Psychiatry; 19(Supplement 1): S38-S41
Hampshire WJ (2011)
Dhangude Dunghutti Burrai welcomed to Dunghutti Land: towards a shared understanding of grief and loss.
Doctor of Philosophy thesis, Southern Cross University: Lismore, NSW
The study has documented the beliefs, values and opinions related to the experience of grief and loss. The study has also highlighted the meaning of grief for participants, (which is much broader than the meaning of grief for non-Aboriginal people) and the study has shown that the community involved has a unique history, which shapes the current experience of grief. Therefore culturally safe health care would include this experience. The study has confirmed that Aboriginal people who participated hold strong beliefs and practice rituals in relation to death, dying, loss and grief.
Authors abstract
Harms L, Middleton J, Whyte J, Anderson I, Clarke A, Sloan J, Hagel M, Smith M (2011)
Social work with Aboriginal clients: perspectives on educational preparation and practice.
Australian Social Work; 64(2): 156-168
Hunter E (2011)
'It is time for Indigenous Australians to be recognised in the document that governs Australia. Constitutional acknowledgement of Indigenous people is long overdue' [editorial].
Australasian Psychiatry; 19(Supplement 1): S1–S3
Isaacs AN, Pepper H, Pyett P, Gruis H, Waples-Crowe P, Oakley-Browne M (2011)
'What you do is important but how you do it is more important': engaging Indigenous men in rural mental health services research.
Qualitative Research Journal; 11(1): 51-61
Kelly BJ, Lewin TJ, Stain HJ, Coleman C, Fitzgerald M, Perkins D, Carr VJ, Fragar L, Fuller J, Lyle D, Beard JR (2011)
Determinants of mental health and well-being within rural and remote communities.
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology; 46(12): 1331-1342
Kerr S, Atkinson G (2011)
Halls Creek scoping project for a healing plan: final report.
Abbotsford, Vic: Atkinson Kerr and Associates
Kickett M (2011)
Examination of how a culturally-appropriate definition of resilience affects the physical and mental health of Aboriginal people.
Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Western Australia: Perth
Kisely S, Pais J (2011)
Can administrative data provide insights into the mental health of Indigenous Queenslanders?.
Australasian Psychiatry; 19(Supplement 1): S12-S16
Kuipers K, McIntosh K, Paluch T, Oke L (2011)
Caring for country was associated with positive health outcomes for Indigenous people living in remote areas of Northern Australia.
Australian Occupational Therapy Journal; 58(1): 56-57
Leenders M, Dyer GM, Saunders V (2011)
Work in progress: Creative Recovery to creative livelihoods.
Australasian Psychiatry; 19(Supplement 1): S45-S48
Loban H (2011)
Indigenous consumers, financial stress and emotional wellbeing.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 35(6): 14-16
Madden DL (2011)
Gugu badhun women on the move: enhancing wellbeing in an Aboriginal community through the use of ICT.
Doctor of Philosophy thesis, James Cook University:
Martyr P (2011)
‘Behaving wildly’: diagnoses of lunacy among Indigenous persons in Western Australia, 1870–1914.
Social History of Medicine; 24(2): 316-333
Moffatt LL (2011)
Mental illness or spiritual illness: what should we call it? [Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition winner].
Medical Journal of Australia; 194(10): 541-542
Nickson A, Dunstan J, Esperanza D, Barker S (2011)
Indigenous practice approaches to women, violence, and healing using community development: a partnership between Indigenous and non Indigenous workers.
Australian Social Work; 64(1): 84-95
Pirkis J, Harris M, Hall W, Ftanou M (2011)
Evaluation of the Better Access to Psychiatrists, Psychologists and General Practitioners through the Medicare Benefits Schedule initiative: summative evaluation.
Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing, Australia
Priest N, Paradies Y, Stewart P, Luke J (2011)
Racism and health among urban Aboriginal young people.
BMC Public Health; 11: 568
Retrieved 15 July 2011 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-568
Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA (2011)
The West Australian Indigenous storybook : celebrating and sharing good news stories : the Kimberley and Pilbara edition.
Perth, WA: Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA
The West Australian Indigenous storybook (The storybook) is the first in a series of Indigenous storybooks showcasing the achievements of Indigenous communities and people across Western Australia. The stories are from the Kimberley and Pilbara regions. The stories of programs contained within The storybook cover a range of social, economic, health and environmental health achievements. The intention of each program was to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of Indigenous people.
The storybook shares both the successes and failures of the programs, and it is hoped that this will encourage a change in how Indigenous programs are planned, delivered and disseminated.
The storybook covers a range of programs including:
- healthy lifestyle initiatives
- community awareness programs relating to suicide and good parenting
- local government environmental health and health projects
- effective partnerships
- social benefit programs.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Rigby CW, Rosen A, Berry HL, Hart CR (2011)
If the land's sick, we're sick: the impact of prolonged drought on the social and emotional well-being of Aboriginal communities in rural New South Wales.
Australian Journal of Rural Health; 19(5): 249-254
Shulver WK (2011)
Parenting groups as sources of social capital: their patterns of use and outcomes for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal mothers of young children.
Doctor of Philosophy thesis, Flinders University: Adelaide
Spurgeon D (2011)
Indigenous mental health nursing in remote settings.
In: Edward K, Munro I, Robins A, Welch A, eds. Mental health nursing : dimensions of praxis. South Melbourne, Vic: Oxford University Press: 415-426
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2011)
Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage: key indicators 2011.
Canberra: Productivity Commission, Australia
This report is the fifth in a series of reports on overcoming Indigenous disadvantage as commissioned by the heads of government in 2002. It has been produced in consultation with Indigenous peoples, governments, academics and service providers. The report measures the progress of the six targets set by the Council of Australian Governments Closing the gap strategy, together with other identified significant indicators. The report has three main sections:
- an overview of the key messages
- the main report which provides the evidence base for the framework for the report and detailed information on the current outcomes and those interventions and policies that have enhanced those outcomes
- tables expanding on the data presented in the report.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2011)
Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage: key indicators 2011 overview.
Canberra: Productivity Commission, Australia
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2011)
Report on government services 2011: Indigenous compendium.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
Stumpers S, Thomson N, Brankovich J, Burns J, Catto M, Gray C, Maling C, Potter C, Ride K, Urquhart B (2011)
Overview of the health of Indigenous people in Western Australia 2011.
Perth, WA: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Tedmanson D, Guerin P (2011)
Enterprising social wellbeing: social entrepreneurial and strengths based approaches to mental health and wellbeing in “remote” Indigenous community contexts.
Australasian Psychiatry; 19(Supplement 1): S30-S33
Toombs M (2011)
Identity and this skin colour business: a university student's perspective.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 35(3): 14-15
Toombs M (2011)
What factors do Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students say affect their social and emotional wellbeing while at University?.
Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Southern Queensland:
Victorian Department of Health (2011)
The health and wellbeing of Aboriginal Victorians: Victorian population health survey 2008 supplementary report.
Melbourne: Victorian Department of Health
Walter M, Taylor S, Habibis D (2011)
How white is social work in Australia?.
Australian Social Work; 64(1): 6-19
Wanganeen R (2011)
Integrating personal and professional experiences: seven phases to integrating loss and grief.
Grief Matters; 14(3): 78-88
West R, Usher K (2011)
The mental health of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
In: Edward K, Munro I, Robins A, Welch A, eds. Mental health nursing : dimensions of praxis. South Melbourne, Vic: Oxford University Press: 397-408
Western Australian Country Health Service (2011)
Mental health strategic intent: strategic framework for service planning to 2020.
Perth, WA: Western Australian Department of Health
Western Australian Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies (2011)
Comorbidity capacity building toolkit.
Perth: Western Australian Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies
This toolkit was produced by the Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies. The purpose of the toolkit is to provide guidance for other Western Australian alcohol and other drug (AOD) services planning to undertake capacity building initiatives. The toolkit was developed in accordance with knowledge gained throughout the national Improved services initiative (ISI) project. This project aimed to build the capacity of non-government AOD organisations to effectively identify and treat comorbid substance use and mental illness.
Abstract adapted from Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies
Whitehead J (2011)
Mental health clients and metabolic syndrome.
The Chronicle; 22(4): 23
Whiteside M, Tsey K, Cadet-James Y (2011)
A theoretical empowerment framework for transdisciplinary team building.
Australian Social Work; 64(2): 228-232
Whiteside M, Tsey K, Earles W (2011)
Locating empowerment in the context of Indigenous Australia.
Australian Social Work; 64(1): 113-129
Ziersch A, Gallaher G, Baum F, Bentley M (2011)
Racism, social resources and mental health for Aboriginal people living in Adelaide.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 35(3): 231–237
Ziersch AM, Gallaher G, Fran B, Bentley M (2011)
Responding to racism: insights on how racism can damage health from an urban study of Australian Aboriginal people.
Social Science & Medicine; 73(7): 1045-1053
2010
beyondblue, ed. (2010)
Research: targeted research in depression, anxiety and related disorders 2007-2010.
Canberra: beyondblue
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2010)
The city and the bush: Indigenous wellbeing across remoteness areas: Australian social trends, Sep 2010.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2010)
The health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, Oct 2010.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
The information included in this report is taken from a variety of sources. This report highlights that Aboriginal and Torres Strait people make up 2.5% of the Australian population and is young compared to the rest of the population. The key findings include:
- The estimated resident population in 2006 was 517,000 people.
- The median age for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people was 21.0 years compared to 37.0 years for the non-Indigenous population.
- 68% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people reside in rural and remote locations and 32% reside in urban locations.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a lower life expectancy than non-Indigenous Australians. From 2005-2007 the gap was 11.5 years for males and 9.7 years for females.
- Life expectancy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males at birth is estimated to be 67.2 years and for females is 72.9 years.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language and culture is strong.
- Socio-economic outcomes continute to improve; 22% completed year twelve in 2008.
- More people completed non-school qualifications; 40% of people aged 25-64 years in 2008, compared to 32% in 2002.
- The unemployment rate fell from 23% in 2002 to 17% in 2008, but remains five times higher than the rate for non-Indigenous unemployment which was 5% in 2008.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association, Centre for Health Equity Training Research and Evaluation (2010)
Health impact assessment of the Northern Territory emergency response.
Canberra: Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association
Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association (2010)
Defining Indigenous social and emotional wellbeing and mental health.
Canberra: Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2010)
Australia's health 2010: the twelfth biennial report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australia's health 2010 was released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare as the twelfth edition of its biennial national health report. The report shows that Australia is one of the healthiest nations in the world, with most Australians generally have good health and access to a range of good health care services, but Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples continue to have much poorer health than the general population.
Health information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is included in various sections of the report but particularly in chapter 5.1 which compiles information about demographic profiles, health status, disability rates and service use. The section highlights that Indigenous Australians are continuing to die at much younger ages than non-Indigenous Australians. Indigenous Australians also continue to have a greater disease burden, higher rates of disability and a lower quality of life than other Australians. The section concludes with information on behaviours and health risk factors that shape the health status of Indigenous peoples such as tobacco use, alcohol misuse, illicit drug use, and housing conditions.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2010)
When musculoskeletal conditions and mental disorders occur together.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Bain E, Chur-Hansen A (2010)
'Why has this patient presented in this manner at this time in the context of his or her life?'.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 34(2): 17-20
Bamblett EG (2010)
Gurranyin borinya (on eagle’s wings): effecting change for Koorie youth.
Doctor of Philosophy thesis, RMIT University: Melbourne
Bodkin-Andrews GH, Seaton M, Nelson GF, Craven RG, Yeung AS (2010)
Questioning the general self-esteem vaccine: general self-esteem, racial discrimination, and standardised achievement across Indigenous and non-Indigenous students.
Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling; 20(1): 1-21
Bolt R (2010)
Urban Aboriginal identity construction in Australia: an Aboriginal perspective utilising multi-method qualitative analysis.
Doctor of Philosophy thesis, The University of Sydney: Sydney
Central Australian Rural Practitioners Association (2010)
CARPA standard treatment manual [5th ed.].
5th ed. Alice Springs: Central Australian Rural Practitioners Association
Many practitioners arrive in central and northern Australia without any specific relevant training for remote practice. The standard treatment manual helps them to deal with a range of health, social and work conditions that they may not have experienced before.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health (2010)
2010 NSW Aboriginal Mental Health Workers Forum: effective partnerships and effective relationships: report and evaluation.
Orange, NSW: University of Newcastle
Clark KD, Oosthuizen J, Beerenfels S, Rowell AC (2010)
Making the best of the early years: the Tambellup way.
Rural and Remote Health; 10: 1407
Retrieved 28 July 2010 from http://www.rrh.org.au/publishedarticles/article_print_1407.pdf
Department of Health and Ageing (2010)
National mental health report 2010: summary of 15 Years of reform in Australia’s mental health services under the National Mental Health Strategy 1993-2008.
Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing, Australia
Dietsch E, Martin T, Shackleton P, Davies C, McLeod M, Alston M (2010)
Australian Aboriginal kinship: a means to enhance maternal well-being.
Women and Birth; 24(2): 58-64
Dillon A (2010)
Self-esteem (liking ourselves).
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 34(3): 23-24
Dingwall KM, Cairney S (2010)
Psychological and cognitive assessment of Indigenous Australians.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry; 44(1): 20-30
This article provides an evaluation of the psychological and cognitive assessments considered suitable for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The article presents a review of various psychological, mental health, social and emotional wellbeing, and cognitive assessments that have been used in, or developed for, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Dockery AM (2010)
The subjective wellbeing of Indigenous Australians.
Perth, WA: Centre for Labour Market Research, Curtin Business School
This paper utilises data on self-assessed quality of life available from the expanded Indigenous sample of the 2001 National health survey to compare the subjective wellbeing of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Assuming cross-cultural comparability of responses to the quality of life scale, Indigenous Australians are found to face a markedly lower quality of life than other Australians, consistent with the many objective measures of socio-economic outcomes. Differences in the determinants of subjective wellbeing are further explored to identify differences in values and preferences that may be embodied in Indigenous culture. The analysis is considered exploratory given the many limitations of the current data. The collection of data that can improve our understanding of the cultural constructions of wellbeing is identified as an important priority given the pertinence of such evidence for the formulation of policy to address the ongoing plight of Indigenous Australians.
Author abstract
Eckermann A-K, Dowd T, Chong E, Nixon L, Gray R, Johnson SM (2010)
Binan Goonj : bridging cultures in Aboriginal health.
3rd Edition ed. Sydney: Churchill Livingstone
Flint PJ (2010)
Emotional and behavioural problems in Indigenous adults with intellectual disability.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) thesis, Monash University: Melbourne
Gorman D (2010)
Maslow's hierarchy and social and emotional wellbeing.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 34(1): 27-29
Green BL (2010)
Culture is treatment: considering pedagogy in the care of Aboriginal people.
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services; 48(7): 27-34
Hamilton M, Redmond G, Muir K (2010)
Conceptualisation of social and emotional wellbeing for children and young people, and policy implications.
Canberra: Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth
Harrison J (2010)
Healing our communities, healing ourselves: Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition winning essay.
Medical Journal of Australia; 192(10): 556-557
Haswell MR, Kavanagh D, Tsey K, Reilly L, Cadet-James Y, Laliberte A, Wilson A, Doran C (2010)
Psychometric validation of the Growth and Empowerment Measure (GEM) applied with Indigenous Australians.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry; 44(9): 791-799
Higgins DJ (2010)
Community development approaches to safety and wellbeing of Indigenous children.
Canberra: Closing the Gap Clearinghouse
This resource sheet provides an overview of community development approaches to safety and wellbeing of Indigenous children. Included is information on what is currently known about these approaces and what information needs to be developed in this area. This resource sheet was produced as part of a series by the Closing the gap clearinghouse to disseminate information which could be used to help develop solutions to 'close the gap'.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Hilton MF, Scheurer RW, Sheridan J, Cleary CM, Whiteford HA (2010)
Employee psychological distress and treated prevalence by indices of rurality.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 34(5): 458–465
Hocking S, Draper G, Somerford P, XiaoJ, Weeramanthri T (2010)
The Western Australian Chief Health Officer’s report 2010.
Perth, WA: Western Australian Department of Health
Hulse K, Jacobs K, Arthurson K, Spinney A (2010)
Housing, public policy and social inclusion.
Melbourne: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
Janca A (2010)
Development and evaluation of an Aboriginal mental health screening instrument.
European Psychiatry; 25(Supplement 1 (P01-329)): 542
This article describes the development of an Aboriginal mental health screening instrument. The research objectives, methods of development, and results are discussed. The research results include the production of a culturally appropriate instrument for screening and assessing mental health problems in the Aboriginal population.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Laing L, Toivonen C, Irwin J, Napier L (2010)
“They never asked me anything about that”: the stories of women who experience domestic violence and mental health concerns/illness.
Sydney: University of Sydney
Lewis MS, Dingwall KM, Berkhout N, Sayers S, Maruff P, Cairney S (2010)
Assessment of cognition in an adolescent Indigenous population.
Australian Psychologist; 45(2): 123-131
Littlefield L (2010)
Australia's First People - their social and emotional well-being.
UN Chronicle: Achieving Global Health; 47(2): 1-3
McCalman J, Tsey K, Wenitong M, Wilson A, McEwan A, James YC, Whiteside M (2010)
Indigenous men’s support groups and social and emotional wellbeing: a meta-synthesis of the evidence.
Australian Journal of Primary Health; 16(2): 159-166
McEwan A, Bowers J, Saal T (2010)
A human rights based approach to mental health promotion in the context of climate change in rural and remote Australia.
Brisbane: Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health
Mental Health Standing Committee (2010)
Fourth national mental health plan: first progress report of implementation activity: January-December 2010.
Canberra: Australian Department of Health and Ageing
Moore T, Sutton K, Maybery D (2010)
Rural mental health workforce difficulties: a management perspective.
Rural and Remote Health; (10): 1519
Retrieved from http://www.rrh.org.au/publishedarticles/article_print_1519.pdf
Nagel TM, Thompson C (2010)
The central role of Aboriginal families in motivational counselling: family support and family ‘humbug’.
Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin; 10(1):
O'Mara P (2010)
Health impacts of the Northern Territory intervention: after the intervention — editorial.
Medical Journal of Australia; 192(10): 546-548
Overmars D (2010)
Diagnosis as a naming ceremony: caution warranted in use of the DSM-IV with Canadian Aboriginal peoples.
First Peoples Child & Family Review; 5(1): 78-85
Parker R (2010)
Australia's Aboriginal population and mental health.
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease; 198(1): 3-7
Phipps P, Slater L (2010)
Indigenous cultural festivals: evaluating impact on community health and wellbeing.
Melbourne: Globalism Research Centre, RMIT University
Primary Health Care Research and Information Service (2010)
Snapshot of Australian primary health care research 2010.
Canberra: Primary Health Care Research and Information Service
Productivity Commission (2010)
Gambling: Productivity Commission inquiry report.
Canberra: Productivity Commission, Australia
Roy M, Balaratnasingam S (2010)
Missed diagnosis of autism in an Australian Indigenous psychiatric population.
Australasian Psychiatry; 18(6): 534–537
Sevar K (2010)
Working with remote Indigenous communities in Far North Queensland: an experiential narrative.
Australasian Psychiatry; 18(4): 340-352
Thackrah R, Scott K, Winch J, eds. (2010)
Indigenous Australian health and cultures : an introduction for health professionals.
Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: Pearson Australia
This edited volume has been written by a diverse group of health professionals, the majority of whom are Indigenous Australians. A life cycle approach has been adopted, with chapters focusing on pregnancy and birthing through to the care and responsibilities of the elderly. These are bookended by the first chapter on 'Culture, history and health' which contextualises the subsequent content and the final chapter on future directions following the National apology.
The book includes the following chapters:
- 'Culture, history and health' by Sherry Saggers, Maggie Walter, Dennis Gray
- 'New life: conception, pregnancy and birthing' by Terry Dunbar and Linda Ford
- 'Aboriginal infants and young children: the challenges ahead' by Heather D'Antoine and Dawn Bessarab
- 'Aboriginal youth: challenges, strengths and opportunities' by David Vicary and Tine Hoult
- 'The health, social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal women' by Pat Dudgeon and Roz Walker
- 'Lives of Indigenous Australian men' by Mick Adams and Brian McCoy
- 'The elderly: care and responsibilities' by Sandra Thompson, Rosemary van den Berg and Kate Smith
- 'Loss, grief, bad luck and sorry business' by Jane Ulrik, Denise Foster and Vanessa Davis
- 'The National apology: a new pathway forward?' By Shaun Ewen and Brian McCoy
Pearson Australia abstract
Thomson N, MacRae A, Burns J, Catto M, Debuyst O, Krom I, Midford R, Potter C, Ride K, Stumpers S, Urquhart B (2010)
Summary of Australian Indigenous health, 2010.
Perth, WA: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Toombs M (2010)
Recommendations from research into what Aboriginal students say affects their social and emotional wellbeing while at university.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 34(6): 22-24
Townsend M, Weerasuriya R (2010)
Beyond blue to green: the benefits of contact with nature for mental health and well-being.
Melbourne: Beyond Blue Limited
Vadiveloo J (2010)
Social inclusion and town camps : an integrated service approach to social inclusion.
Alice Springs: Tangentyere Council
Wand APF, Eades SJ, Corr MJ (2010)
Considering culture in the psychiatric assessment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Advances in Mental Health; 9(1): 36-48
2009
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2009)
National Health Survey: summary of results, 2007-2008 (reissue).
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet (2009)
Summary of Australian Indigenous health, 2009.
Perth, WA: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association (2009)
Submission to the External Reference Group of the ‘Towards a National Primary Health Care Strategy’ discussion paper.
Melbourne: Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2009)
Measuring the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This report provides a picture of the social and emotional wellbeing of Indigenous Australians, using data from the 2004-05 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS) and a range of administrative datasets. An interim module, developed to measure social and emotional wellbeing in the 2004-05 NATSIHS, covered the areas of psychological distress, impact of psychological distress, positive wellbeing, anger, life stressors, discrimination, cultural identification and removal from natural family. This reports assesses the use of the NATSIHS module and makes recommendations to improve the module and other measures of Indigenous social and emotional wellbeing.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Berry HL (2009)
Social capital and mental health among Indigenous Australians, New Australians and Other Australians living in a coastal region.
Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health; 8(2): 142-154
Calma T (2009)
A human rights based approach to social and emotional wellbeing.
Australasian Psychiatry; 17(S1): S15 - S19
Centre for Rural & Remote Mental Health Queensland (2009)
Key directions for a social, emotional, cultural and spiritual wellbeing population health framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in Queensland.
Cairns, Qld: Centre for Rural & Remote Mental Health Queensland
This report aims to inform policy, program development and practice regarding key directions for the development of a social, emotional, cultural and spiritual wellbeing framework relevant to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in Queensland. The report provides a rationale for focusing on social, emotional, cultural and spiritual wellbeing (SESWB) as a way to promote Indigenous health and wellbeing and reduce Indigenous disadvantage.
Three key directions for future investment are described: build evidence, enhance capacity and develop workforce. The report sets out a rationale, examples of current initiatives, and recommended actions for each key direction.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Yia Marra: good stories that make spirits strong, from the people of Ntaria/Hermannsburg [CD included with publication] (2009)
Denborough D, Wingard B, White C
This resource pack includes a publication and CD which are the product of a research project that involved Aboriginal communities sharing their stories about how they have dealt with community hardships. The publication is made up of two parts:
- part one includes stories from the Ntaria/Hermannsburg community about how they have dealt with community hardships such as grief and alcohol
- part two explains the principles that guided the research project and also discusses the concept of collective narrative practice (a way of working with individuals, groups, and communities who have experienced trauma).
The CD includes stories and songs from the Ntaria/Hermannsburg community, and messages from other countries such as Chile and Norway.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Dillon A (2009)
Post Traumatic Stress Strength.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 33(1): 22-25
Dudgeon P (2009)
Close the Gap: psychology.
Medical Journal of Australia; 190(10): 546
Duke M, Ewen S (2009)
Implementation of Indigenous mental health training in Victoria.
Australasian Psychiatry; 17(3): 228-232
Duke M, Ewen S (2009)
Social and emotional wellbeing training of psychiatrists in Victoria: preliminary communication.
Australasian Psychiatry; 17(S1): S100 - S103
Dyer G, Hunter E (2009)
Creative Recovery: art for mental health's sake.
Australasian Psychiatry; 17(S1): S146 - S150
Feeney M (2009)
Reclaiming the Spirit of Well Being: promising healing practices for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Canberra: The Australian Child & Adolescent Trauma, Loss & Grief Network
Fredericks B (2009)
There is nothing that identifies me to that place’: Indigenous women’s perceptions of health spaces and places.
Cultural Studies Review; 15(2): 29-44
Grieves V (2009)
Aboriginal spirituality: Aboriginal philosophy, the basis of Aboriginal social and emotional wellbeing.
Darwin: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
Hart LM, Jorm AF, Kanowski LG, Kelly CM, Langlands RL (2009)
Mental health first aid for Indigenous Australians: using Delphi consensus studies to develop guidelines for culturally appropriate responses to mental health problems.
BMC Psychiatry; 9(1): 47
Retrieved from http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/9/47
Hartman D, Wallis G, Drahm M, Unwin R, Robinson D (2009)
The Napranum social and emotional wellbeing week.
Australasian Psychiatry; 17(S1): S88 - S91
Haswell M, Hunter E, Wargent R, Hall B, O'Higgins C, West R (2009)
Protocols for the delivery of social and emotional well being and mental health services in Indigenous communities: guidelines for health workers, clinicians, consumers and carers.
Cairns, QLD: Australian Integrated Mental Health Initiative, Queensland Health
This manual was written to provide health professionals with a set of rules for the delivery of mental health services in Indigenous communities in Queensland. The information comes from evidence-based research and addresses the lack of resources available to health professionals on best practice standards for providing mental health care to Indigenous clients.
The manual consists of two parts:
- Part 1 focuses on understanding and supporting social and emotional wellbeing and mental health with Indigenous peoples, covering topics such as:
- an overview on mental health
- culturally appropriate mental health assessment and treatment for Indigenous people
- new approaches to service delivery
- practitioner tools and mental health care
- Part 2 provides guidelines for supporting people with the following mental illnesses:
- depression
- anxiety disorders
- self-harming behaviours
- schizophrenia and bipolar disorders.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Hunter E (2009)
Creating futures supplement editorial.
Australasian Psychiatry; 17(s1): S6-S9
Kasinathan J (2009)
“Mad, bad or sad” – is there a better way?.
Australasian Journal of Correctional Staff Development; 1(March 2009):
Kelly K, Dudgeon P, Gee G, Glaskin B (2009)
Living on the edge: social and emotional wellbeing and risk and protective factors for serious psychological distress among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Darwin: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
Kingsley J, Aldous D, Townsend M, Henderson-Wilson C, Phillips R (2009)
Investigating health, economic and socio-political factors that need consideration when establishing Victorian Aboriginal land management projects.
Australasian Journal of Environmental Management; 16(2): 113-123
Krieg A (2009)
The experience of collective trauma in Australian Indigenous communities.
Australasian Psychiatry; 17(S1): S28-S32
Mackean T (2009)
A healed and healthy country: understanding healing for Indigenous Australians (editorial).
Medical Journal of Australia; 190(10): 522-523
McCoy B (2009)
'Living between two worlds’: who is living in whose worlds?.
Australasian Psychiatry; 17(s1): S20-S23
McLennan V (2009)
The role of family and community resilience in Indigenous wellbeing.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) thesis, University of Sydney: Sydney
Moylan CA (2009)
Treating depression: towards an Indigenous psychotherapy.
Doctor of Philosophy thesis, James Cook University: Brisbane
Nagel TM, Thompson C, Robinson G, Condon J, Trauer T (2009)
Two-way approaches to Indigenous mental health literacy.
Australian Journal of Primary Health; 15(1): 50-55
O'Loughlin M (2009)
A psychoanalytic exploration of collective trauma among Indigenous Australians and a suggestion for intervention.
Australasian Psychiatry; 17(S1): S33-S36
Paradies Y, Chandrakumar L, Klocker N, Frere M, Webster K, Burrell M, McLean P (2009)
Building on our strengths: a framework to reduce race-based discrimination and support diversity in Victoria.
Melbourne: Victorian Health Promotion Foundation
Pere L (2009)
Creating better futures: when the theory fails and the future is no more.
Australasian Psychiatry; 17(s1): S10-S14
Poroch N, Arabena K, Tongs J, Larkin S, Fisher J, Henderson G (2009)
Spirituality and Aboriginal people’s social and emotional wellbeing: a review.
Darwin: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
Pridmore S (2009)
Australian Aboriginal stories and psychopathology.
Asian Journal of Psychiatry; 2(4): 139-142
Ranzijn R, McConnochie K, Nolan W (2009)
Psychology and Indigenous Australians: foundations of cultural competence.
South Yarra, Vic: Palgrave Macmillan
This book provides information on the psychological impact of colonisation on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It begins by looking at the nature of culture, how colonisation has affected Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and the role of psychology. It finishes by describing how practitioners can work effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Abstract adapted from Psychology and Indigenous Australians
Talbot D (2009)
“The Sergeant wants to acupuncture me”: a personal lens into the introduction of a traditional Eastern therapy to Indigenous Australians.
Australasian Psychiatry; 17(S1): S92 - S95
Tsey K, Harvey D, Gibson T, Pearson L (2009)
The role of empowerment in setting a foundation for social and emotional wellbeing.
Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health; 8(1): 6-15
Wand AP, Corr MJ, Eades SJ (2009)
Liaison psychiatry with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry; 43(6): 509-517
2008
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2008)
National survey of mental health and wellbeing: summary of results, 2007.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2008)
Australia's health 2008: the eleventh biennial health report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australia's health 2008 was released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare as the eleventh edition of its biennial national health report. The report shows that Australia is one of the healthiest nations in the world, with most Australians generally have good health and access to a range of good health care services, but Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples continue to have much poorer health than the general population.
Section 3.2 of the report compiles health information on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Information about the demographic profile, health status, disability rates, and service use is provided. The section highlights that despite improvements in Indigenous death rates, the overall gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous rates appears to be widening with Indigenous Australians continuing to die at much younger ages. Indigenous Australians also continue to have a greater disease burden, higher rates of disability and a lower quality of life than other Australians. The section concludes with information on behaviours and health risk factors that shape the health status of Indigenous peoples such as tobacco use, alcohol misuse, illicit drug use, and housing conditions.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Network for Promotion Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health (Auseinet) (2008)
Mental health promotion and illness prevention: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Retrieved from http://www.auseinet.com/files/ppei/atsippei.pdf
Australian Network for Promotion Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health (Auseinet) (2008)
Mental health promotion and illness prevention: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people [summary].
Auseinetter; (30): 22-25
Bodkin-Andrews G (2008)
Seeking resolutions for the inequities within Indigenous education : unearthing causal psychosocial constructs that impact upon educational outcomes.
Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Western Sydney: Penrith, NSW
Garvey D (2008)
Review of the social and emotional wellbeing of Indigenous Australian peoples.
Retrieved 2008 from http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/other-health-conditions/mental-health/reviews/our-review
Garvey D (2008)
Review of the social and emotional wellbeing of Indigenous Australian peoples - considerations, challenges and opportunities.
Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin; 8(4): 1-29
Darren Garvey is an Indigenous professional with experience as a recipient and provider of services aimed at addressing the social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) needs of Indigenous people, and as an academic involved in the training of Indigenous and non-Indigenous professionals in providing such services. Darren's perspective as 'insider' and 'outsider', and his professional interest in the development of a culturally competent workforce contributes to the narrative pursued in the review, and to the interplay of academic, policy and practical concerns.
The review describes aspects of the social and emotional wellbeing of Indigenous Australian people and elements of the Australian contexts in which they live. Major signposts, research findings and interventions concerning Indigenous Australians are highlighted in this review, and a number of general and significant trends are identified. The review attempts to distill several considerations, challenges and opportunities for people involved in the area and for those considering more substantial involvement.
The review begins by discussing the terminology used in the context of Indigenous social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB). Challenges regarding appropriate service provision, policy, intervention and research priorities are discussed, as well as the means by which practical and conceptual dilemmas regarding these challenges might be resolved.
What emerges is a picture of Indigenous social and emotional wellbeing which is bleak in its account of the mental health problems prevalent among Indigenous people, but also encouraging in the resilience shown by Indigenous people in the face of such adversity. Encouraging too are the efforts made by health service and other professionals to be more conscious of their roles in promoting good SEWB for Indigenous people and the exploration of the varied sites and opportunities in which such work can take place.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Hunter E (2008)
The Aboriginal tea ceremony: its relevance to psychiatric practice.
Australasian Psychiatry; 16(2): 130-132
Jorm A, Hart L (2008)
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Mental Health First Aid (AMHFA) National Pilot Program : 2008 evaluation report for the Department of Health and Ageing, Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health.
Melbourne: ORYGEN Research Centre, University of Melbourne
Kanowski L (2008)
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health First Aid (AMHFA) program.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 32(2): 18-19
McGrath P, Fox-Young S, Phillips E (2008)
Insights on Aboriginal grief practices from the Northern Territory, Australia.
Australian Journal of Primary Health; 14(3): 48-57
Nagel T, Thompson C (2008)
Motivational care planning: self management in Indigenous mental health.
Australian Family Physician; 37(12): 996-1001
Zoeller R (2008)
Closing the Gap - the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 32(2): 4-5
2007
Australian Psychological Society (2007)
Psychologists call for recognition of Indigenous trauma [media release].
Retrieved from http://www.psychology.org.au/news/media_releases/30May2007/
Brideson T, Jones C (2007)
New South Wales Aboriginal Mental Health Workforce Program.
Auseinetter; (29): 20-22
Calma T (2007)
Creating futures: influencing the social determinants of mental health and wellbeing in rural, Indigenous and Island peoples.
Australasian Psychiatry; 15(Supplement): s5-s9
Clelland N, Gould T, Parker E (2007)
Searching for evidence: what works in Indigenous mental health promotion?.
Health Promotion Journal of Australia; 18(3): 208-216
Cooke M, Mitrou F, Lawrence D, Guimond E, Beavon D (2007)
Indigenous well-being in four countries: an application of the UNDP'S Human Development Index to Indigenous peoples in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States.
BMC International Health and Human Rights; 7(1): 1
Duke M (2007)
The dawn of Aboriginal psychiatry.
Australasian Psychiatry; 15(4): 305-309
Hampton R, McCann W (2007)
Developing a postgraduate program in Indigenous mental health and wellbeing at University of Southern Queensland.
Australasian Psychiatry; 15(1): s75-s79
Henderson G, Robson C, Cox L, Dukes C, Tsey K, Haswell M (2007)
Social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within the broader context of the social determinants of health.
Auseinetter; (29): 14-19
Hooper K, Thomas Y, Clarke M (2007)
Health professional partnerships and their impact on Aboriginal health: an occupational therapist's and Aboriginal health worker's perspective.
Australian Journal of Rural Health; 15(1): 46-51
Hunter E, Travers H, Gibson J, Campion J (2007)
Bridging the triple divide: performance and innovative multimedia in the service of behavioural health change in remote Indigenous settings.
Australasian Psychiatry; 15(Supplement): s44-s48
Hunter E, Walter G (2007)
Creating futures: influencing the social determinants of mental health and wellbeing in rural, Indigenous and Island peoples.
Australasian Psychiatry; 15(Supplement): s1-s4
Hunter E (2007)
Disadvantage and discontent: a review of issues relevant to the mental health of rural and remote Indigenous Australians.
Australian Journal of Rural Health; 15(2): 88-93
Jorm AF, Kitchener BA, Kanowski LG, Kelly CM (2007)
Mental health first aid training for members of the public.
International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology; 7(1): 141-151
Kowal E, Gunthorpe W, Bailie RS (2007)
Measuring emotional and social wellbeing in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations: an analysis of a Negative Life Events Scale.
International Journal for Equity in Health; 6: 18
Retrieved 14 November 2007 from http://www.equityhealthj.com/content/pdf/1475-9276-6-18.pdf
McMahon E (2007)
Psychiatry at the frontier: surveying Aboriginal mental health in the era of assimilation.
Health and History; 9(2): 22-47
Mellor D, Bretherton D, Firth L (2007)
Aboriginal and non-aboriginal Australia : the dilemma of apologies, forgiveness, and reconciliation.
Peace and conflict : journal of peace psychology; 13(1): 11-36
O'Brien LM, Jackson D (2007)
It's a long way from the office to the creek bed: remote area mental health nursing in Australia.
Journal of Transcultural Nursing; 18(2): 135-141
Pattel N (2007)
Aboriginal families, cultural context and therapy.
Counselling, Psychotherapy and Health; 3(1): 24
Semchison MRS (2007)
Rights of passage: the coming of the 'wild west': constructs of identity and their effects upon Indigenous people.
Counselling, Psychotherapy and Health; 3(2): 39-45
Tarantola D (2007)
The interface of mental health and human rights in Indigenous peoples: triple jeopardy and triple opportunity.
Australasian Psychiatry; 15(Supplement): s10-s17
Ypinazar VA, Margolis SA, Haswell-Elkins M, Tsey K (2007)
Indigenous Australians' understandings regarding mental health and disorders.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry; 41(6): 467-478
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